A new section of the blog ‘Effort-based Training’ can be found under the main page heading of ‘Run!’
New: Run! Update
A new section ‘Run! Methodology’ has been added to the blog under the main page heading ‘Run!’. This section has downloadable handouts for: Paarluf training, Tempo training, Pre-fatigues, Interval and Repetition training. It also has a downloadable handout for working out your heart rate.
Commando Selection & Performance Tests
Research Paper Title Improving the Selection of Candidates for Royal Marine Recruit Training by the Use of a Combination of Performance Tests. Abstract Candidates who wish to undertake Royal Marine recruit training, a physically strenuous course which now extends 32 weeks, must first of all successfully complete a Personal Qualities Assessment (PQA) and four psychomotor… Read More
Terms: Adaptive Heterothermy
Humans can raise their body temperatures slightly more when forced to exercise without any or optimum fluid replacement.
New: Exercise Programmes
This new section ‘Exercise Programmes’ under the main heading page of ‘Exercises’ will provide the reader with a number of tried and tested exercise programmes that I delivered to military personnel or have taken part in myself. The section starts with one of my very first sessions as a young private in my first adult… Read More
Private, I Know This Is A Battlefield. Now Go Get Me More Ice!
Research Paper Title Crushed Ice Ingestion – A Practical Strategy for Lowering Core Body Temperature. Abstract Exercise together with environmentally induced heat stroke continue to pose a problem for military operations in hot climates. A variety of cooling strategies are required by the military to mitigate the risk of heat stroke due to the variety… Read More
Research: Physical Activity, Chronic Pain & Return to Work
Research Paper Title Efficacy of ‘Tailored Physical Activty’ of ‘Chronic Pain Self-Management Program’ on Return to Work for Sick-listed Citizens: Design of a Randomized Controlled Trial. Background Pain affects quality of life and can result in absence from work. Treatment and/or prevention strategies for musculoskeletal pain-related long-term sick leave are currently undertaken in several health sectors.… Read More
Boot Camp & Military Fitness Institute 